addslashes
(PHP 3, PHP 4 )
addslashes -- Quote string with slashes
Description
string addslashes ( string str)
Returns a string with backslashes before characters that need to be quoted
in database queries etc. These characters are single quote ('), double quote
("), backslash (\) and NUL (the NULL byte).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Petre Agenbag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 2:43 PM
Subject: [PHP] dealiong with quote's in SQL strings
> Hi List
>
> I recently installed 4.3.1 and enabled the magic_quotes_gpc to deal with
> quotes in mysql inserts.
>
> However, I think I have run into a problem that might be related, and
> was wondering if there is an easy way to fix it:
>
> I have a script that gets user input from a drop-down, on the action
> page I search a mysql table for the row matching the selection made
> previously. What I do then is to extract the result of that "select *
> from table where data = form_selection" and then to re-insert the data
> into the table ; note, re-insert, NOT UPDATE ( the app cals for a new
> row to be added with the updated data, so the "old" row stays intact and
> a new row is added that contains some of the old row's data plus some
> new stuff I add).
>
> So, the new insert sql looks as per usual
>
> insert into table (`var1`,`var2`,`var3`,`var4`,...) values
> ('$var1','$var2',....);
>
> where $var1, $var2 etc is either "inherited" from the extract of the
> first querie's result set, or overwritten with my newly generated
> values. The problem now comes in with this:
>
> If one or more of the extracted variables containes something like
> " O'Healy " or something similar that causes trouble with the quotes in
> the new INSERT sql, well, you see the problem...
>
> And I don't want to have to go and addslashes to all my extracted
> variables, because there really are a whole heap of them.
>
> So, is there another php.ini setting that I'm missing to help me with
> this, or maybe a function that will addslashes to all my extracted vars?
>
> I'm lazy, shoot me!
>
>
>
>
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